Vera L. Wilson

VERA L. WILSON

Trenton

Vera L. Wilson, 100, of Trenton, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.

Vera was born on July 29, 1919, at White Oak, the daughter of Walter Ivin and Ada Lauretta Kinney Scarff. She graduated in the class of 1935 from Mount Pleasant High School. Vera was united in marriage to Max Eugene Wilson on Jan. 21, 1939, at Davenport, Iowa, he preceded her in death on Aug. 21, 1999.

Vera helped her husband on the family farm and raised her children. She was active in the Women's Social Church Circle of the Trenton United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her children, Ruth Wilson and Joyce Wilson, both of rural Trenton.

Vera was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers Carl Scarff and Lester Scarff.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 2, at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, with the Rev. Jeffrey McPheron officiating. Burial will be in the Green Mound Cemetery rural Trenton. The family will receive friends on Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at the Murphy Funeral Home. A memorial has been established to the Green Mound Cemetery in her memory.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com.

Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant is handling the arrangements.